Conveying apparatus.



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mvENToR 4f/MJ ATTORNEYS EDWARD N. TRUMVP, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CONVEYING APIPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed July 14,1896. Serial No. 5991696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD N. TRUMP, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Conveying Apparatus, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a. full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in conveying apparatus and has for its object the production -of a device which is capable of feeding material in different directions, and is particularly applicable for cooling or otherwise changing or manipulating the saine, and, to this end it consists essentially in` a longitudinal vertical section, partly broken away,

taken on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse vertical section, ltaken on liuc 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on line 6 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section, taken on line 7 7, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a detail section, taken on line 8 8, Fig. 5. Fig. 9is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on line 9 9, Fig. 1, a portion of one of the tires for the co'nveyer of my improved apparatus and the antifriction rollers for supporting the same being illustrated. Fig. 10 is a transverse vertical section, taken on line 10-10, Fig. 9, the parts inclosing and provided upon the conveyor being omitted with the exception of one of the tires, and the antifriction rollers for supporting the eonveyer being shown in operative position. Fig. 1I is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on line 11 11, Fig. 1.. Fig. 12 is a transverse vertical section, taken on line 12-12, Fig. 1]. Fig. 13 is a detail section, takenon line 13 13, Fig. 9. Figs. 14 and 15 are detail sections taken, respectively, on lines 1.4 14, Fig. 13, and l5 15, Fig. l0. Fig. 16 is an elevation of a detached portion of the conveyer of my improved apparatus and the antifriction rollers for supporting the saine; and Fig. 17v is a face View, partly in section, of the rollers seen ateFig.` 16, the supporting standards for the rollers, and a portion of the tire engaged with the rollers. v

A B C D are stations for the reception or discharge of the material to be handled by my improved conveying apparatus, and E is a conveyor for connecting said. stations which preferably consists of a. continuous cylinder revoluble in the direction' indicated by arrows l, Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, i), l0, ll and 12,

and is provided with internal feeding means, presently described. It is obvious, however, that said conveyer may consist of independently revoluble sections arranged end to end, as in my pending application, Serial i No. 576,031, filed January 18th, 1896. Any suitable means may be used for rotating the conveyor E and I have here shown thc inclosing shell of said conveyor as provided with a peripheral gear c, which is engaged and driven by a pinion nl, Fig. l.

In order to reduce, to a inininunn the friction incidental to the revolution ol' the convcyer E, tires a2, Figs. 1, 2 and 15 are provided thereon and arc engaged by supporting antifriction rollorsf.l 'lhe tires e2 may be secured in position in any desired manner but are preferably utilized to unite separate cylindrical sections, Figs. 9 and l5, of which the shell ol' the couveyer E is usually formed. The adjacent ends oi said cylindrical sections are provided with collars or flanges e3 suitably fixed thereto and having their outer peripheral faces provided with annular grooves or recesses for forming projecting shoulders c4, and the inner peripheral faces of the tires e2 are formed with annular grooves or rabbets e5 for receiving and closely jtting the shoulders e4.. Suitable clamps as bolts e6 are passed through the collars or flanges e and operate to draw together the sections ofthe conveyor shell and to firmly clamp the tires e2 iii-position, thereby making a tight joint between said sections and tires.

The antifriction rollcrsf are arranged in pairs and are mounted in boxes provided upon the opposite extremities of frames or rockarms F also arranged in pairs beneath the conveyor E and having their intermediate. or central portions secured by a shaft or pivotjl to standards f 2 which are mou uted on a suit-able supporting frame f i. The standardsf2 arc adjustably connected together by a bolt or rod f 4 having its opposite ends screwthread ed and provided with inner and outer securing nuts whereby the frames or rock-arms F for supporting thc antifriction rollers f may be adjust cd towards and away from each other, to pro vide a proper bearing for thc tire which rests on said rollers. The standardsf" are held in their adjusted position by suitable clamping bolts f 5 secured to said standards and the frame f 3.

In the exelnphiicatlon of my improved conveying apparatus, here illustrated, the material to be handled is admitted at one end and at the stations A D from chutes G A1 Dl and is discharged from the opposite end and the stations B C into chutes H Bl C. It is sometimes desirable to regulate the discharge from the station B, and, consequently, its outlet opening which is usually arranged in its base is provided with a door or closure B2, Figs. 5/andr6, that may be operated by any suitable means. The chute G, Figs. l. and 4,'preferably discharges through an end wall e7, secured to the conveyer E and is formed with a 'cylindrical flange g which is arranged in a corresponding opening ez5 in said end wall. ii packing ring e" preferably Aencircles the flange g and prevents the escape of the dust and material from the conveyer E, 'and a suitable standard g1 supports the chute G in position; The chutes Al vB1 (11 Dl H are of any suitable construction and are supported by any desirable means, and one side wall of the chute H is provided with an opening h for receiving the discharge end of the conveyor E, and a projecting chamber or cylindrical stuffing box hl, Fig. ll, which encircles said con'- veycr and isformed of substantially the same construe tion as the stuffing boxes, presently descriliedprovided upon the opposite sides of the stations A B C D.

The conveyer E is passed through the opposite side walls of the stations A B (l Dand is provided with inf ternal feeding means as fixed spirally arranged con- Aso ' A B D incline Iforwardly from the rear edges of the.

Voyer-blades el en cl2, openings a e14 e e16 in its inelosing shell communicating with the internal chambers of the stations A B C D and the channels or spaces between the conveyer-blades, and external poeketspr scoops e e1S el movable Within the stations A B D: As here illustrated, the number of each of the openings el r14 c55 e formed in the inclosing shellof the \con, veyer v E equals the number-of each of the conveyorbladcs el e cl2 arranged on the interior of said inelosing shell, but it is obvious that a/greater or less number of said openings or conveyor-blades may be used if desired. The conveyor-blades el" extend from the discharge' end of the chute G to the openings el'communieating witltthe interior of the station C and operate to -feed to said openings the material admitted from said chute or'thestation iA. The conveyor-blades eu extend from said openings e5 to'substantially the central portions of the openings el communicating 'with the interior of the station D and are inclined in an opposite direction from the conveyor-blades el, for feeding to the station C the material admitted at the station D; and the conveyer-blades'el2 extend from substantially the central portions of the openings elu to the discharge end'of the conveyor E and are inclined in the same direction as the conveyer-blades e10 for feeding the material to the chute H.

.. The pockets or scoops e" e18 el? secured to the exte rior of the shell of the conveyer E within the stations openings e3 e el and operate to receive the material at the bases of said stations and to ho'ld and elevate-the same for permitting its downward feeding through the openings e e el? into the channels or spaces between the conveyer-blades el" el* e212. The pockets or scoops e are only partly as wide as the openings e for per-l mitting the discharge of the material from the interior of the eonveyer E through the portions of said open- 'ingsextending beyond the pockets or scoops el". This discharge of the material is greatly facilitated by cross -bars e2" arranged between the convey'er-blades el and extending inwardly from therear edges of the openings e. Suitable feeding means as spirally arranged conveyer-blades em, Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are secured to the exterior of the shell of the conveyor E between annular flanges e22 upon the exterior of said shell and terminate at the pockets or scoops es and the flanges e22. Th ese external conveyerfblade's e2 operate to defiect the material. in the base of the station B into the pockets or scoops els., It is obvious, however, that when the door is partially or entirely open, part or all of said material feeds through said opening and does not remain in the base of they station B to'P be fed by the pockets or scoops eI8 into the interior of the conveyer E.

lThe nraterialdscharged by the chute D into the and 12, and, consequently, the pockets or scoops c extend only partly across said openings and 'receive gage the outer peripheral face of the conveyor E and fall downwardly along the same. As'previously stated,

tions from substantially the cent-ral portions of the openings e and operate to feed the material in opposite directions from saidv openings. ln order to facilitate this operation of said conveyor-blades a suitable flange or shoulder e2 projects from the inner peripheral face of the conveyor E between the adjacent ends of the conveyor-blades e e2 which terminate at said flange, and an upright diaphragm D2 is arlanged at the base of the station D in alinenient with .the flange or 'shoulder 323 and partially encircles the eonveyer for subdividing the material beneath the, same at the base of said station. The pockets or scoops e, previously described, project from the conveyer E beyond the inner edge of the diaphragm D2 and are therefore preferably formed with grooves e2 for receiving saiddiaphragm. Directly above the diaphragm D2 within the chute Dl oted at D, and normally operates t deflect the mate- 'rial from the chute Dl equally to either side ofthe diaphragm D2. It is obvious, however, that said gate may be inclined for defiecting a greater or less amount of the material to either side of the diaphragm D2 and thereby regulating the arno'unt of material fed in either direction by'the conveyer-blades e" e2.

The stations A B C' D are preferably provided with openings a b4 c d in their side walls, and projecting chambers or stuffing boxes al b1 c1 dl encircling the conveyer E andl extending towards annular flanges e2 arranged on the exterior of said conveyer beyond the shells or casings of the ,stations A B C D and the inner side wall of the chute H. Dust-proof or packing rings I, composed of wood or other suitable material, surround the conveyer E and are arranged in V'the outer ends of said chambers or stuffing boxes a bf'c d and the 'stuffing box h of the chute Hpreviously described,

.between the annular fianges e25 and theadjacent sides of the inclosing shells or casings of the stations A B C D and the chute H. The rings I preferably consist-of sections, Fig. 13, which arearranged with their adjacent ends lapped uponeach other and lare each provided with springs 'i for effecting their, independent chambers or stuffing boxes alv bke1 dl h1 suitable neans for feedin'g the material from the packing rings I and the openings a b c d h. This means preferably consists of helical'flanges or shoulders e2u encircling the conveyer E and fixed thereto. to pass outwardly from the stations A B C D and the stuffing boxes a b1 c1 dl h is foreedlbaekwardly by l these helical flanges or shoulders and is returned to the or closure B2 of the discharge opening of thne station 1?A station D falls directly into the openings el, Figs. ll

the conveyer-blades e e2 extend in opposite direc-V upper end of the chute H through the chambers or and support the material which would otherwise enis a substantially central upright gate D3 which is pivadjustment, I also arrange within the projecting-l The material which tends within the conveyer, and said material may-be dis-l.

charged as desired into one or more of the chutes Bl Cl H. It will therefore be readily understood-that said apparatusis capable of effecting considerable diversity in thefeed and movement o the material to be conveyed. The detail construction and arrangement of this apparatus may, however, be considerably varied without Adeparting from the spirit of my -invention and hence I `said cylinder, frames for supporting th'e rollers, and bolts for coupling said frames and for adjusting the same toward and from each other, substantially as. described.

2. ln a conveying apparatus including a cylinder, and means for rotating the same, frames arranged beneath s'aid cylinder, bearing rollers journaled therein,' a bolt for coupling said frames to each other, and nuts'arranged upon said bolt exposed beneath said frames for adjusting the relative position of .the latter and the rollers journaled therein relative to each other, substantially 'as described. I

3. 'lhe combination of a revolubie cylinder provided with recessed peripheral flanges, a tire clamped between said flanges, a bearing for the tire consisting of oppositely arranged rollers, and means for supporting the rollers, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. ln a conveying machine, the .combination with a revoluble cylinder provided with internally arranged fixed spiral conveying blades, and with a tire clamped between -recessed flanges on the exterior of the cylinder, a bearing for said tire consisting of rollers arranged in pairs, each pair being mounted in boxes on rock-arms, standards in which is journaled a shaft supporting said rock-arm, and a bolt passed through said standards and provided with inner and outer binding nuts for adjustingthe relative positions of the pairs. of rollers with respect to said tire.

5. A conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyer provided with internal feeding means and external means for feeding material to said feeding means, substantially as and for the .purpose set forth.

6. A conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyer provided with an external peripheral pocket or scoop, and

an external conveyer-blade for feeding material' to the .pocket or scoop,l substantially as and for the purpose described. A

7. A ,conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyer provided witii'nn opening in its wall, internal feeding ternal conveyer-hlade for feeding material to the pocket or scoop, :substantially as and for the purpose specified.

`9. A conveying machine comprising a rotary cylinderd provided with annular flanges, an opening in its wall between the flanges, a' peripheral pocket or scoop for feeding material into the opening, and an'external conveyer-blade between the flanges for feeding material to the pocket or scoop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. A conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyor provided with means for feeding material to the exterior .of the conveyer, and additional means for feedlng)said material to the interior of the conveyer after its discharge to the exterior of said conveyer by theformermeans, .substantially as and for the' purpose specified.

11. A conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyer provided with an outlet-opening in its wall, a pocket or scoop, and external means for feeding to the pocket or scoopthe material discharged through the outlet-opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. A conveying machine comprising a rotary conveyer provided withontlet and inlet-openings in its wall, a pocket or scoop for feeding material into the inlet-opening, and external means for feeding to the pocket or scoop the material discharged through the outlet-opening, 1substan` tially as and for the purpose described.

13. A conveying machine comprising a rotary cylinder provided with anndlar flanges, outlet and inlet-openings in its wall between the flanges, a pocket or scoop for feedjing material into the'inlet-opening, and an external conveyer-biade between the flanges for feeding to the pocket or scoop the material discharged throughthe outlet-opening, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

14. A conveying machine comprising a casing, c rotary cylinder movable within the casing and provided with inlet and outlet-openings in its wall, and meanspwithin the casing for feeding into the inlet-opening the material discharged from the outiet-opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. f

15. ln a conveying machine, the combination of a rotary conveyor provided with internal spiral conveyer-blades and external scoops leading to the interior, and external spiral conveyer-blades terminating (at said scoops.

16. In' a conveying machine, the combination of a revoluble cylinder provided with internal spiral conveyerblades, and having openings in the sides thereof, one for cach blade, scoops for said openings, external spiral conveyer-blades terminating at said scoops and annular flanges adjacent to said scoops and tothe other terminations of the lexternal blades.

-17. In a conveying machine, the combination' of a revf oluble cylinder provided with internal spiral eonveyerblades, and openings in its sides one for each passage between th'e blades, scoops for said openings, external spiral conveyer-blades terminating. at said scoops, annular flanges-adjacent to said scoops and to the othertermlnations of the external blades, and a casing surrounding said external blades and flanges, and provided with an opening in its bottom .having aclosure for controlling the discharge of the material.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two attestlng witnesses, at Syracuse in the county of Onondaga in the State of New York this 11th day of Iuly 1896. l

EDWARD N. TRUMP.

Witnesses:

E. A. Wnsnnnc, K. H. THEOBALD. 

